Combination packing-tool.



M. H. LUCASKL n. B. KELLY.

COMBlNATION PACKING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZB, I9I5.

1,1 99,705. Patented Sept 26,1916

To all whom it mag concern; V

, Be it. known that; we,-;MELvIn H LU.O'AS and; Dianne Ba Kenny,citizens ofmthe ni ed St sid et For ed i the county of; Multnomah andState of Oregon, -haveeinvented certain,new and useful; v provementsinflombination .Backing-flods a d w o her byd le h el ew na e be a full,clear, and exact description ofthe ,invention, suohas will enableothersslgi lled in the art; towhich it'; appertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvention relatesgto new and useful improvements in combinationpacking tools p encirchngming-S means oft-which,- the dev-ie s eper tedafllheen 1, of: he a 6 "epp e t th fin eeienei i s -i e p and theprincipal object of the invention :1s to provide a device .Whichcombinesga packing tool with a removen; L-

Another object of the inventionis to providea packing'removerwhich-maybe ea'sily and quickly operated by inserting the'pointp,

thereof into the packing and swinging the point so as to form a hookwhich will engage the packing and permit the user to withdraw thepacking by exerting pull on the tool. e I

A further object of the invention is to provide a device ofthe abovecharacter to which may be secured tools of varying sizes and kinds whichmay be used in replacing the packing. 7

Still another object of the invention is to provide a packing toolcomprising a handle having a shank formed in one end thereof andpivotally mounted in the shank is a trigger located near the handle andat the free end of the shank having a point pivoted which is connectedto the trigger by a suitable connecting rod sotha't when the trigger ispulled the point will be swung on its pivot to form a hook and engagepacking to hold the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a top plan view of a packing remover constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side view partly in sectionto more clearly illustrate the details of construction, and Fig; 3 is asectional view of the forward end of the shank and,

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11,19 slot B and formedat the ,2 free termi al f: t Sh la hel he e; slo

xt e es i nata l n e e ere'e y Bi etallae m unt d in li t-2. la u tble:ee ew 91 1 31 1 5;: i t e h nk 6. Qt th tr g er 4 si n ed 'se era r ythe num wh e eemnris eth sh nk el h ng otally connected ina bifurcation9 formed in thenarearcend of the coianecting-r barxlO by, means of asuitable screw or rivet 11-. The forward end of the connecting bar ispreferably bifurcated as at 12 and adapted to receive a suitable screw13 by which the point which willbe more fully hereinafter described ispivotally connected to the connecting bar. 7 V

The point above referred to comprises '-the body 14 provided withthe'rearwardly extending ear'15 having formed therein an opening for thereception of the screw 13 and depending from the body 14 is an ear 16which is pierced to receive the screw 17 which extends through thebifurcated portion 4 of the shank 2. Formed on the body 14 is aforwardly extending hook member 18 terminating in the point 19 which isarranged to engage in the packing so that the device may firmly rip thesame to withdraw it from the stul%ng box. It is to be understood that anumber of these hook members of varying sizes may be furnished with eachof the tools so that where desired larger or smaller hook members may beused in larger or smaller openings.

Formed in the handle 1 is an axial internal screw threaded bore 20 forthe reception of the threaded portion 21 of theshank 22 of the packingvtool designated generally by the numeral 23 which comprises the shank 22and the blade 24. It is to be understood that any desired number orforms of packing tools 23 may be substituted for the oneherein describedin order that the device may be made to be used under varyingcircumstances.

ters 10f reference;theglnumeral,1; designates i. V :6 i" F med-An; theshank adi centztothehan- From the foregoing it will beapparent that inuse the packing may be placed in a stuffing box in the usual way byinserting the proper tools in the handle 1 and when it is desired toremove the packing from a stufling box the proper hook member, is placedin the forward end of the shank 1 by removing the screw 17 and the ear15 is then disposed in the bifurcated portion 12 of the connecting bar10 and secured in place by the screw '13. It will thus be seen from thepacking box it will be apparent that the hook will pull the packing atthe same time and thereby remove the same.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claim. What is claimed is Acombination packing'tool including a handle, a shank on the handle, saidshank being provided with a slot near the handle and being bifurcated atits free terminal, a trigger pivoted in the slot in the shank, a

- hook member comprising-a body, an ear extending downwardly from thebody and pivoted in the bifurcation in the shank, an

ear extending rearwardly from the body,

a connecting bar connecting the last mentioned ear with the trigger andbeing movable upon the upper face of the shank at a point formed on theforward end of the body to engage in the packing to enable the same tobe removed when the device is in use.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses,

MELVIN H. LUCAS. V V DENNIS B. KELLY.

V Witnesses:

FRANK S. S NN, LoUIs A. REGKEN.

Copies of thiapatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. I

